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A women's auxiliary of the Aeronautical Society was organized in 1911. Several very enthusiastic women attended the first meeting on November 11, and letters of support were read from Harriet Quimby and Mathilde Moisant. The group was founded to bring more prominence to the achievements of women in aviation.

The "Women of 1915" held a ball at New York's Biltmore Hotel in January of 1915. The object was to raise money to buy an airplane for the coastal defense of New York. Emphasis was placed on the importance of airplanes in warfare. Among the ball's patrons were the Governor of New York, the Mayor of New York City, Gen. Leonard Wood, Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary, and Florence Guggenheim.

Women had become so prominent in aviation that Mrs. Charles A. Van Renssaelear was named Chairman of the Committee on Training Camps for Kite Balloon Operators during World War I. This would have been quite an achievement at any time, but since the U.S. was involved in a war, the position was even more important. Mrs. Van Renssaelear wrote a forceful letter to Pres. Wilson urging him to adopt universal training in balloon operation for military personnel as a method of getting the